We’ve been doing the same trip now for over 20 years. My 2 brothers, me and 2 to 3 others. Normally 6 to 7 guys. We leave Minneapolis on Saturday (Walleye Opener) morning and arrive at Sturgeon Lake (NW Ontario) about 4pm (depending on how many Casino stops we make on the way). Unload gear and setup in the cabin. 1st night we normally eat something easy like Chilly Dogs… Play cards until 10-11 and call it a night. Sunday morning a couple of us will be up about 5am and get the home made Carmel Rolls going and coffee. 8am the rest will start getting up (the smell of fresh made Sweet Rolls will do that). This whole time we get to sit and watch the whole camp empty with boat after boat hitting the water (7 Cabins in the camp). Hey, were on vacation!. Get the boats in the water around 9am and be fishing by 10am. We only go about ½ mile from the dock and don’t have to work too hard for enough for lunch. Back in at 1pm for fish cleaning and prep for shore lunch. This is also about the same time were fixing issues with the boats, radios, live wells, trolling motors… every year it seems to be something. After lunch its time for 2 hour nap and back on the water from 4 to 6. Dinner at 7, cards and drinks until 10 for the losers, and midnight for the winners. Monday it all starts about the same way, on the water about 9am and back by 1 for lunch. We get in about 6 hours of fishing a day. Depending on the weather we fish Northerns a few times in the afternoons during the week and then 3 to 4 hours of Lake Trout fishing at some point. Pack up on Friday morning and back in Minneapolis by 6pm. Only 8 weeks to go.
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